A woman was fatally stabbed Monday evening and police are looking into whether her attacker died after being struck by a train nearby about an hour later.

Carrollton police officers were called to a home in the 2100 block of Highbury Road, south of Rosemeade Parkway, about 5:15 p.m., police said. They found a woman in her 40s who had been stabbed repeatedly. Investigators believe she knew her attacker. The woman, whose name was not released, was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where she later died.

About an hour after the initial call, Carrollton officers were called nearby on a report of a man in his 20s who was struck and killed by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad train, police said.
The man apparently was struck as the train passed between Frankford Road and Peters Colony Road. The operator did not realize the train had hit someone and did not stop, police said.

The man had not been identified late Monday, but police were investigating whether he was the stabbing suspect and may have been trying to elude authorities or commit suicide, police said.